Peter Rabbit Plays a Joke

From Old Mother West Wind, by Thornton W. Burgess

Thornton W. Burgess wrote dozens of animal stories for children in the early 1900s. Old Mother West Wind was his first collection, published in 1910. His characters—Peter Rabbit, Johnny Chuck, Reddy Fox and the rest—live in the Green Meadows and get into gentle scrapes that teach patience, kindness and common sense. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. Burgess's animal friends have delighted young readers for over a century because they feel real: they play jokes, make mistakes and look after one another, just as children do.

Band

Yellow · Emerging readers, about 6 to 8

Length

medium · about 551 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures

Source

Old Mother West Wind, Thornton W. Burgess · Project Gutenberg

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (8 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page

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